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NEW ORLEANS — Today, City of New Orleans Department of Public Works contractor, Durr Construction, closed the North Galvez Bridge to vehicular and pedestrian traffic for approximately ten weeks to accommodate infrastructure upgrades on the $7.3M FEMA-funded St. Claude Group C construction project. Residents in this area are being notified of the closure via a neighborhood canvass.
During this time, crews will excavate and repair underground water lines. Public safety is our priority; barricades will be placed one block away in all directions. All traffic will be detoured beginning on Almonaster Avenue and Louisa Street down through North Claiborne Avenue and the North Robertson Street corridors. RTA buses will shift services around the detour. Riders can visit the RTA webpage for further instructions.
The entire project is scheduled to be complete in summer 2022, weather permitting. In general, the contractor is working from 7 a.m. until sunset, Monday through Friday.
Since May 2018, DPW has completed 99 projects with an estimated value of $282M. Today, more than 70 roadwork projects are under construction, with an estimated value of $700M.
Please visit www.roadwork.nola.gov for more information. Questions about this project or RoadworkNOLA should be directed to 504.658.ROAD (7623) or roadwork@nola.gov.
To better serve our residents with more timely communication, RoadworkNOLA is in the process of building our distribution list to provide important construction updates via text messaging. To sign up, you can text ROADWORK to 77295 or go to ready.nola.gov/alerts to create a whole profile and select the “roadwork” alert list.
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About RoadworkNOLA
The City of New Orleans Department of Public Works (DPW) and Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) are working together to implement an unprecedented program to restore our damaged infrastructure. Using local and federal funds, the $2.3 billion program is the most comprehensive that our region has seen in a generation.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ROADWORKNOLA
- More than $2.3 billion worth of DPW / SWBNO work across the City
- Nearly 200 individual projects -- every neighborhood will feel this positive impact
- Economic opportunity for the City’s small and disadvantaged businesses
- Proactive communications so that residents are well informed throughout the program
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